A simple Library Card

I got a library card last week. First one I've had in over 30 yrs! I had to literally BEG to be issued one, because of where I live. Apparently, my place of residence is not included in the counties that are "partnered" with the Library I wished to visit! The town where the Library is, is about 25 miles from my house, but I am in that town several times a week for various reasons, PLUS, this town has the ONLY WALMART within reasonable driving distance from me! I was very distraught that they wanted to deny me a Library card based on my mailing address! I finally found a sympathetic ear, and after mentioning a few well-known local names, they decided it was only "fair" to give me a card, since there were others living ON MY SAME STREET, who were already in possession of a Library Card. Sometimes, the squeaky wheel really DOES get the grease. Anyway....like I said, I now have a library card and I am ECSTATIC!! I have always been an avid, voracious reader. I nearly go into a sort of withdrawal if I don't have a book to read. NOW, I'm in sheer bliss!! I can check out up to 5 books per visit & keep them for 2 wks! I'll never be 'bookless" again!! YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!! My most memorable "Twilight Zone" episode was one of a man who loved to read, and constantly pushed his thick, coke bottle lens glasses back in place. His wife constantly fussed at him, berating him for "wasting time". She was a very unpleasant woman & a constant nag. This poor gentleman worked in a bank. On his breaks, he would sneak into the vault to read. One day, while in the vault reading, he earth, as we know it, ceased to be. When after his break, he emerged from the vault, EVERYTHING as far as the eye could see was smoldering rubble. After his initial shock wore off, he was exhuberant, thinking of all those books he would now be able to read & no one there to fuss at him. He thought of the endless hours of wonderful reading he could do for the rest of his life & didn't seem to mind that a catastrophe had struck. He carefully made his way to what was left of the Library. Books, books, and more books. But then he tripped on some debris, fell, and broke his glasses!! Now there he was...the only human survivor, all those books....and he could not read without his glasses!! I thought that was the most horrible thing that could've ever happened! Made me think I should study braille, just in case!